#18 Regulartory CzarPosted Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at 6:33 PM
I am skipping to the Regulatory Czar because he came into my line of sight on the news so I will go back to #3 next. Obama has appointed Cass Sunstein as #18:He is a serious Harvard professor and an animal rights nut. He believes that animals should have rights and some are more important than people. Sen. Cornyn finds Mr. Sunstein's record troubling, specifically the fact that he wants to establish legal 'rights' for livestock, wildlife and pets, which would enable animals to file lawsuits in American courts," And in 2007, he said, "We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law. It's time now."
The Center for Consumer Rights' David Martosko said, "He is the gatekeeper between the president and the secretaries," he said, noting that "as a regulatory czar, he won't be a judge or a legislator, so he cannot make laws. ... What he can do is nudge the departments in the direction of his philosophy," which is very much in line with "hard core animal rights zealots." (USA TODAY) In other words, Sunstein can and will change the choices that we have for our own good. He has written many books but I will focus on a few. He wrote a book about Cost-Benefit Analysis which is the process that involves weighing the total expected costs (money) against the total expected benefits (Still money)of one or more actions and making a decision based on the numbers. (Like bean counters) In his book, for example, "after listing various risks and their associated costs and benefits, Sunstein alleges the public is irrational in demanding money be spent to control industrial toxins in the environment, which (he says) kill 60,000 in the US each year, while not requiring government to fund programs encouraging people to exercise and eat properly." He is also co-author of a book called, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. "Sunstein invites the reader to enter an alternative world, one that takes our humanness as a given. He wants to show that by knowing how people think, we can design choice environments that make it easier for people to choose what is best for themselves, their families, and their society. This is being referred to as "Nudge-ocracy." (USA Today) He wrote another book, The Second Bill Of Rights, where he wants to amend the Constitution to include these rights-guaranted jobs (60% of economy will work under the umbrella of gov't); right to healthcare; right to a house, right to an education. Now these are all good things for us to aspire to but here is the problem. The Bill of Rights regulates what the gov't can do to you but those in the 2nd Bill of Rights regulates what the gov't should do for you. Also it should be noted that these are not rights but entitlements. The right to free speech means the government can't tell you what you can or can not say or the right to assemble gives us the right to group together peacefully but doesn't entitle you to an audience. We all have the right to have a job but that doesn't mean that the government is entitled to give me one. Basically, Obama and his Czar think that we are too stupid to know how to do anything right so the Gov't will nudge us into the schemes that they want by slowly making it so that we are forced to go with their plans. That way they can say that we chose it! How brilliant is that? Look him up and read some of his stuff. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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I think he's right. We SHOULD stop hunting animals, and start hunting liberals instead.
cost benefit analysis can be taken too far but then that can be said about the Bible, the Koran, and any other doctrine. This guy ,from what I read, needs therapy. Some of it would be good material for the Big Show or Stephen Colbert but real life ehhh....
Yeah, we have our own "czars" around here as well who are accountable to NOBODY. How about if we get mad about that. Local, home grown "czars" who think they are above it all. Time for our own tea party right here in MH.
And we need to remember who these dinks are, when they come up for county and city re-elections!
Bazooka:
"Dink"-A derogatory term used in reference to person of Chinese / Far-eastern origin.
And you wonder why people believe your racist.
Umm censored I think Bazooka made a typo so he wouldn't end up like you in these blogs....??
And censored...no one wonders why you are a liberal idiot...oops..I called you names gain...my bad
"Censored": Something objectionable that has been removed.
Right out of Webster's.
have a nice day.
PS..........would you know our former Mayor, Joe McNesal if you saw him?
If so, the next time you see him in Wal-Mart or anywhere else, ask him if HE thinks I'm a racist!
Liberal idiot.
Besides................If I'm prejudice against ANYBODY, it's you liberals............which doesn't make me prejudice at all.............it makes me an AMERICAN!
I've hung-out with Joe McNeal bub and if he listened to your rants about the Confederacy and militias as well as your statements on matters concerning immigrants and others, he'd feel the same as I do.
Conservative Fascist. (Bouncer and Bazooka)
Ask him who put McNeal campaign signs in the yard, campaigned for him, and drove around town with McNeal signs in the car windows. I've known Joe since he ran his old Bar=B=Que shop out on old Highway 30.
We've been friends for probably more years than you've been around, and I've supported him everytime he has run for ANYTHING.
I don't think a bigot would do that, as WELL as support Alan Keyes over all of his white opponents in the 2000 GOP primary.
Obama of course is a different case. I would NEVER vote for HIM. NOT because he's black, but because he's just another dumb friggin' liberal, and a SOCIALIST to boot.
And Censored, whether you can see beyond your nose or not, the primary ambition of the new Confederate party movement is to RESTORE states' rights (your government IS trying to OWN all of us right now, if you've been awake enough to see it).
They want our Constitution respected as well, something you libs know little about.
And some states, including THIS one are now beginning to declare sovereignty (although Otter hasn't signed it yet, and will not get MY vote and a host of others if he doesn't).
And Censored...............while I am NOT and never HAVE been a "racist", if you think about it, EVERYBODY is prejudice against SOMETHING, even YOU..............yes, YOU!
Some folks don't like pit bulls, I knew a guy once who alsolutely HATED Fords, and had never even OWNED one. Some people don't like guns. A fellow musician I jam with sometimes cannot STAND electric guitars or anything else that is amplified.
I don't like liberals and would just as soon not be around gays. That doesn't make me a racist or a bigot. It makes me an individual entitled to his own opinion.
Conservative Fascists? No, but you're entitled to think what you want. Obama's regime hasn't outlawed "THOUGHT" yet.
But your time would be better spent , concentrating on what's going on in this country right now.......how it's going to affect YOU, and you might want to start fomulating a Plan "B" "C" or "D" for yourself when the economy and your rights start caving in!
Instead of burning up valueable time taking potshots at each other, we ALL better start watching our backs.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...
"Truth-o-meter" eh? You libs wouldn't know the truth if their was a neon sign hanging on it.